Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino will be on the opposite bench of Oklahoma State in Madison Square Garden potentially as early as next season.
The newly-hired Iona Gaels coach broke some news in an ESPN podcast with Seth Greenberg and Dan Dakich this week when he revealed during the interview that, as part of his objective to turn around the program and get them to the NCAA Tournament, he plans to schedule aggressively in the non-conference.
“So far we’re playing Oklahoma State in the Garden,” he said. “I’m also trying to get us a second game in the Garden against a top-5, top-10 team.